What is the impact of reputation on a lawyer's practice?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Archambault v. Canada (Canada Customs and Revenue Agency), 2005 FC 183 (CanLII):
As Cory J. indicated in Hill v. Church of Scientology of Toronto, 1995 CanLII 59 (SCC), [1995] 2 S.C.R. 1130 at p. 1178: . . . The reputation of a lawyer is of paramount importance to clients, to other members of the profession and to the judiciary. A lawyer's practice is founded and maintained upon the basis of a good reputation for professional integrity and trustworthiness. It is the cornerstone of a lawyer's professional life. Even if endowed with outstanding talent and indefatigable diligence, a lawyer cannot survive without a good reputation. . . .
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